If that wasn’t motivation enough for Blue Hills, Bristol-Plymouth also won last year’s Thanksgiving matchup, 28-26, denying the Warriors a playoff berth. Blue Hills failed on what would have been a tying 2-point conversion run in the final seconds in that one.

“It gives us a little bit more of a drive maybe,” Blue Hills coach Ed Catabia said of the rematch. “But neither team is going to quit, I know that. They’re voke kids and they’ll play hard all the way through. Both teams know what’s at stake and they have to go out and prove it all over again.”

In the teams’ last meeting, Blue Hills led 16-0 in the second quarter but watched the Craftsmen knot the score by halftime. Elijah Jones broke off a 41-yard TD run just before the break to give the hosts a lift.

“That touchdown never should have happened, but it did,” Catabia said. “We let up. That was a heartbreaker, only a few seconds before halftime.”

“We did change some personnel on defense (after that), so I think we’re a little better on defense (now),” Catabia added. “We let (Jones) get outside of us on four occasions. That was the difference in the game. It was three of four plays (that made the difference).”

Blue Hills will again look to running back Dimitri Revolus of Randolph to carry the offense. He has rushed for more than 1,000 yards and has scored 16 TDs, the most in EMass Div. 6, according to state compiled by The Boston Globe.

“Our kids are ready for the challenge,” Catabia said. “They know what they have to do and they know what’s expected of them. When you reach this point in the season you have to step it up and you have to go out and play and see what happens.

“Our kids are excited. They can’t wait for the game. My assistant coaches are doing a superb job of getting these kids ready. The test is on Saturday.”

SKIPPERS SET SAIL

No. 1 Cohasset (6-1) will host No. 8 Nantucket (4-3) on Saturday at 3 p.m. in a Div. 6 South quarterfinal. That game was postponed from Friday because of the threat of bad weather that could have complicated Nantucket’s travel plans.

The Skippers, who won the South Shore League Small championship, have won three in a row.